Judge: Trial of white officer in chokehold death can proceed
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge cleared the way Thursday for a disciplinary trial to begin next week for the white New York City police officer accused in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man whose pleas of "I can't breathe" became a rallying cry against police brutality. Judge Joan Madden rejected Officer Daniel Pantaleo's contention that a police